There was a Formal Opening on Monday October 6th 2014
attended by many dignitaries including East Sussex County Councillors, senior
Library staff and visitors, and the Chairman of the Friends, Bob Brown.

Crowd waiting for the Library Doors to Open 26th
August 2014

Please note that the opening hours of the
new library are 09:30 to 17:00 except
Sundays.

STOP PRESS

At the EGM on Friday 13 November, the members present unanimously agreed
formally to dissolve FOSL. Members will receive full confirmation of
the decision in the near future. The committee expects the final
dissolution will take less than six months.

Historically, the Friends of Seaford Library began
formally in September 2000 after a small group of people noticed an article in
the 'Seaford Resident Newsletter' outlining the work of Library Friends Groups.
It highlighted the success of the Lewes Library Friends in negotiating for a new
library building, and this was of particular interest.

Even after the excellent refurbishment in 2004,
Seaford Library obviously could not increase in ground area and remained one
third of the size recommended by the then published government guidelines for a
town of our size.
Proof indeed that Seaford needed a new and larger library and this was the main objective for Friends of Seaford Library.

The old library finally shut its doors in January 2012 and
a temporary library was set up in Blatchington road until the new building of
Warwick Housewas was ready.

The new SEAFORD LIBRARY opened in August 2014. The plans for WARWICK HOUSE, a
multi-user community building constructed on the site of the Old Library and
down the whole length of Warwick Road, were approved by the Planning Committee
of the East Sussex County Council on 18th January 2012.

The heart of our Library has always been its caring
and helpful staff.

FOSL will help all it can during this exciting time of
transition, at the new WARWICK HOUSE library building incorporating study areas,
rooms for hire, a rooftop garden and a café facility. Considerable investment
has been put into providing new book stock, over £100,000 has been laid out on
books and borrowing rates have grown dramatically.